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“I very much respect the knowledge that you have. You have a lot of things, just in our few communications, that no one else has mentioned. No one else has even made me think about them.”
Project Takeover & Rescue
Somebody else started it. We finish it.
For distressed, behind-schedule, or broken projects. A lead engineer takes over, audits what you inherited, stabilises the critical path, and gets it to production: no guesswork, no rewrites unless absolutely necessary.
Why choose us for project rescue?
A rescue is a senior engineer reading what you have, writing down what holds and what does not, and getting the paths that matter running before anything else.
Verdict-first, always
Every rescue opens with a written review that maps what you inherited and builds a plain-language risk register, so the work that follows is grounded in what is actually there rather than in assumptions.
A lead engineer takes over
A senior engineer owns the rescue end to end: reading the codebase, making the calls, and being accountable for getting it live.
Stabilise, then harden to production
We stop the bleeding on the critical path first, then rebuild and harden the rest until it holds under real-world load.
Rebuild only what is beyond repair
If the foundation is sound we stabilise and harden it; if a component is beyond repair the review says so and we rebuild only that part, so the product you launch is the one you already have with the broken pieces replaced.
A second senior on every PR
Senior engineers on every project and a second-senior peer review on every pull request, so nothing lands in the codebase on one person's say-so.
Your repository throughout
The work happens in repositories and infrastructure controlled by your organisation wherever practical, so you hold the codebase and the access from the first commit and there is nothing to migrate away from afterwards.
What we build in project rescue
The situations a rescue is built to get out of, each ending in a product that runs.
Stalled builds
A project that stopped short of production carried through to release.
- Risk register turned into an ordered release plan
- Missing pieces built, tests added, environments finished
- First production release, then a steady cadence after
Agency handovers
Code from a previous team read, mapped and owned by a lead engineer.
- Repositories, environments and credentials brought under your control
- Architecture and deployment written down as we go
- Open work re-planned and carried to production
AI-tool-built products past their ceiling
An AI-tool prototype given the structure it needs to keep growing.
- Modules, data model and auth reorganised for growth
- Tests added around the flows customers already use
- Secrets, permissions and input handling made secure
Security-review failures
Findings from a security review or due diligence fixed on the critical path first.
- Findings triaged by exposure and ordered for fixing
- Fixes committed to your repository with evidence
- Controls added so the finding stays closed
Performance crises
Timeouts, slow queries and failing jobs traced to their cause and fixed.
- Profiling under real load to find the bottleneck
- Indexes, caching and query plans reworked where it hurts
- Monitoring left in place so regressions show early
Undocumented codebases
A system nobody can explain given a written review and risk register.
- Architecture, data flows and integrations mapped end to end
- What is safe, fragile and broken written down
- Setup, deployment and runbooks any engineer can follow
Recent products we shipped
Our most recent case studies. Each result is the one its own case study reports, in its own words.
30+ SKUs scanned into one Shopify draft order; the old version choked on large ones.
Draft Deputy
Shopify · Micro-SaaS
1,000+ skincare formulas resolved from a 60-second phone scan in 55+ San Pablo pharmacies, before the customer leaves the store.
2250
A.I · Custom Web App
3.5K students stayed online while a Lovable-built front end was mapped onto the live LMS.
Squid Academy LMS
SaaS · Custom Web App
Non-marketers launch Meta and TikTok campaigns from one plain form, and read both platforms’ results in one view instead of two ad managers.
AI Agent for Meta and TikTok Ads
MVP · SaaS
How we run a project rescue
Three phases: read what you inherited, get the critical path holding, then harden the rest for production.
Rapid audit
A lead engineer maps everything you inherited and builds a risk register: what is safe, what is fragile, and what is actively broken.
Stabilise the critical path
We go straight for the failures that are hurting you most and get the critical path holding steady before anything else.
Rebuild + harden to production
With the bleeding stopped, we rebuild the weak spots and harden the codebase until it runs reliably in production.
- See our full process
What clients say after the build
Real client reviews, every one checkable at source.
AI Change Management 
0:10“I find him very nice to work with and he actually delivers a very good quality. So I am really happy with him.”
Restaurants Insightful 0:09“The confidence that you're building with me the full product is what I want to go with.”
Self-image 0:07“You guys seem switched on and like you know what you're doing. I've got a good feeling about it.”
GoldenEye 0:05“You guys take a lot of pride and ownership in the work.”
“The team treats our roadmap like their own. Every standup felt like working with our own engineers, not an outside vendor.”
PixelFox “They shipped the production version of what our previous agency had been promising for nine months, without the weekly excuses.”
“They told us what NOT to build. That single conversation re-shaped six months of roadmap and saved us a lot of money.”
NDA - Signed “I had a large project built that needed a very specific understanding and the project was executed perfectly. Great design, great code, no bugs and anything I needed was done incredibly professionally. I would highly recommend and I will definitely be coming back with my…”
$4,000 and above · 11 monthsClient review
NDA - Signed “We approached several sellers in our search to get an app developed for our Shopify store. I had a very clear idea in my mind what we wanted and, through [their] expert questioning, [they] absolutely 'got it'. This was further proved through delivery of a…”
$1,500-$2,000 · 4 weeksClient review
NDA - Signed “We're working on a Shopify app that retrieves book data from our API and helps online stores and booksellers create book listings faster. This time, we needed to improve the app design and fix functionality issues. In general, we're satisfied with the service and plan…”
$400-$600 · 3 weeksClient review
NDA - Signed “This was a special request where we needed to rush this development. [They] complied and finished everything at the agreed time, and even worked until 2AM [their] local time in order to finish this on time. [They] went the extra mile for us with this…”
Client review
NDA - Signed “[They were] very patient as we figured out exactly what we needed our app to do. [They were] able to get all the functionality we required, communicated well, and [were] upfront about the cost. We'll definitely be coming back for future projects!”
Client review
NDA - Signed “Absolutely fantastic work. This was a tricky app, and [they] did great work. [They] really know [their] way around Shopify and the process for developing a Shopify app, which was a great help to me! [They're] motivated and committed, and delivered a very high-quality app.…”
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NDA - Signed “I am very pleased to have worked with [them]! [They were] very detailed and delivered me perfection in an app! I look forward to working with [them] again!”
$3,000-$4,000 · 2 monthsClient review
NDA - Signed “Amazing service. Amazing time. Took all input and made the site great even with minor changes along the way. Will certainly try to use again if I'm lucky enough to have [them] work with me again. Thank you for everything.”
Client review
NDA - Signed “Very fast and thorough. [They] did exactly what I asked and then went the extra mile to tie up a couple of loose ends. I'm really pleased with the speed and efficiency, and would certainly recommend [them]. Thank you for your help and highly professional…”
Client review
NDA - Signed “[They understand] the problem so well and deliver the results super quick. I'll not hesitate to say that I've found a gem. One thousand percent recommended!”
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NDA - Signed “Very positive experience. [They are] diligent, hardworking, and [have] good communication skills. Highly recommended.”
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NDA - Signed “[They were] very patient, [and] prepared to go the extra mile so I got the result I wanted. Highly recommended.”
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NDA - Signed “The project was not easy, literally. [They] did hard work on our project and finished as expected. Would like to work on upcoming new features together. Thank you.”
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NDA - Signed “Extremely patient and did not stop until what I needed was delivered. Excellent partner to work with!”
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NDA - Signed “I didn't expect such great service from someone I found without a referral. I got lucky and I hope to work with [them] again in the future.”
10 daysClient review
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NDA - Signed “We are very impressed with the service and the delivery and will use them again!”
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NDA - Signed “100% satisfied. Got more than expected.”
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NDA - Signed “Great communication, great result.”
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NDA - Signed “Thank you so much for such outstanding work.”
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Frequently asked questions
Why the audit comes first, whether what you have can be saved, how fast the critical path is stabilised, and what you end up with.
Because we refuse to guess with your money. A short, focused read tells us exactly what you inherited, what is safe, and what is on fire, so the fix that follows is grounded in reality, not assumptions.